Acronyms/Definitions
A   M  

AFO
AgNPS
AML

Animal Feeding Operation
Agricultural Nonpoint Source
Abandoned Mined Lands

MAC
MCGA
MCMC
MDC
MDNR
MoDOT
MoRAP
MoWin

Midwest Ag Consulting
MOCorn Growers Association
MO Corn Merchandising Council
MO Department of Conservation
MO Department of Natural Resources
MO Department of Transportation
MO Resource Assessment Program
MO Watershed Information Network

B

   N  

BMP
BOD

Best Management Practices
Biological Oxygen Demand

NGO
NOV
NPDES

NPS
NRCS
NVSS

 Non Governmental Organization
Notice of Violation
National Pollutant Dischard Elimination System
Nonpoint Source
Natural Resources Conservation Service
Non-Volatile Suspended Solids

C

   O  
CAFO
CEAP
COD
CPR
CREP
CWA
CWC
 Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation
Conservation Effects Assessment Project
Chemical Oxygen Demand
Coalition to Protect the Missouri River
Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program
Clean Water Act
Clean Water Commission
 P  

PDWS
POTW

Public Drinking Water
Publicly Operated Treatment Works
Q  
QAPP
 Quality Assurance Project Plans

D

   R  
DNR
DW
 Department of Natural Resources
Drinking Water
 RC&D
RCRA
RFP
RFQ
Resource Conservation & Development
Resource Conservation & Recovery Act
Request for Proposal
Request for Qualifications

E

   S  
EPA
ERC
EWRAP
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Resources Coalition
Ecological and Water Resources Assessment Project
 SIP
SOQ
SRF
SWCD
 Stewardship Implementation Project
Statement of Qualifications
State Revolving Fund
Soil & Water Conservation District

F

   T  
FAPRI
FSA
 Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute
Farm Service Agency
 TMDL
TN
TP
TSS
Total Maximum Daily Load
Total Nitrogen
Total Phosphorus
Total Suspended Soils

G

   C  
GIS
 Geographic Information Systems
 USS
UMC
USDA
USGS
Use Attainability Analysis
University of Missouri - Columbia
U. S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Geological Survey

H

   V  
HBA
 Home Builders Association
 VSS
 Volatile Suspended Solids

I

   W  
ICM
IPM
Integrated Crop Management
Integrated Pest Management

WLA
WQ
WQIP
WRASP

Waste Load Allocation
Water Quality
Water Quality Improvement Project
Watershed, Research, Assessment, and Stewardship Project

K

   X  

L

   Y  
LMVP
 Lakes of Missouri Voluteer Program
 Z